Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII
This is part of a vision which came to the prophet in his captivity. He
is carried away in imagination from his home amongst the exiles in the
East to the Temple of Jerusalem. There he sees in one dreadful series
representations of all the forms of idolatry to which the handful that
were left in the land were cleaving. There meets him on the threshold
of the court the image of jealousy,' the generalised expression for the
aggregate of idolatries which had stirred the anger of the divine
husband of the nation. Then he sees within the Temple three groups
representing the idolatries of three different lands. First, those with
whom my text is concerned, who, in some underground room, vaulted and
windowless, were bowing down before painted animal forms upon the
walls. Probably they were the representatives of Egyptian worship, for
the description of their temple might have been taken out of any book
of travels in Egypt in the present day. It is only an ideal picture
that is represented to Ezekiel, and not a real fact. It is not at all
probable that all these various forms of idolatry were found at any
time within the Temple itself. And the whole cast of the vision
suggests that it is an ideal picture, and not reality, with which we
have to do. Hence the number of these idolaters was seventy--the
successors of the seventy whom Moses led up to Sinai to see the God of
Israel! And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on
the walls in a hole in the dark. Their leader bears a name which might
have startled them in their apostasy, and choked their prayers in their
throats, for Jaazan-iah means the Lord hears.' Each man has a censer in
his hand--self-consecrated priests of self-chosen deities. Shrouded in
obscurity, they pleased themselves with the ancient lie, The Lord sees
not; He hath forsaken the earth.' And then, into that Sanhedrim of
apostates there comes, all unknown to them, the light of God's
presence; and the eye of the prophet marks their evil.
"1113651912"
is carried away in imagination from his home amongst the exiles in the
East to the Temple of Jerusalem. There he sees in one dreadful series
representations of all the forms of idolatry to which the handful that
were left in the land were cleaving. There meets him on the threshold
of the court the image of jealousy,' the generalised expression for the
aggregate of idolatries which had stirred the anger of the divine
husband of the nation. Then he sees within the Temple three groups
representing the idolatries of three different lands. First, those with
whom my text is concerned, who, in some underground room, vaulted and
windowless, were bowing down before painted animal forms upon the
walls. Probably they were the representatives of Egyptian worship, for
the description of their temple might have been taken out of any book
of travels in Egypt in the present day. It is only an ideal picture
that is represented to Ezekiel, and not a real fact. It is not at all
probable that all these various forms of idolatry were found at any
time within the Temple itself. And the whole cast of the vision
suggests that it is an ideal picture, and not reality, with which we
have to do. Hence the number of these idolaters was seventy--the
successors of the seventy whom Moses led up to Sinai to see the God of
Israel! And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on
the walls in a hole in the dark. Their leader bears a name which might
have startled them in their apostasy, and choked their prayers in their
throats, for Jaazan-iah means the Lord hears.' Each man has a censer in
his hand--self-consecrated priests of self-chosen deities. Shrouded in
obscurity, they pleased themselves with the ancient lie, The Lord sees
not; He hath forsaken the earth.' And then, into that Sanhedrim of
apostates there comes, all unknown to them, the light of God's
presence; and the eye of the prophet marks their evil.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII
This is part of a vision which came to the prophet in his captivity. He
is carried away in imagination from his home amongst the exiles in the
East to the Temple of Jerusalem. There he sees in one dreadful series
representations of all the forms of idolatry to which the handful that
were left in the land were cleaving. There meets him on the threshold
of the court the image of jealousy,' the generalised expression for the
aggregate of idolatries which had stirred the anger of the divine
husband of the nation. Then he sees within the Temple three groups
representing the idolatries of three different lands. First, those with
whom my text is concerned, who, in some underground room, vaulted and
windowless, were bowing down before painted animal forms upon the
walls. Probably they were the representatives of Egyptian worship, for
the description of their temple might have been taken out of any book
of travels in Egypt in the present day. It is only an ideal picture
that is represented to Ezekiel, and not a real fact. It is not at all
probable that all these various forms of idolatry were found at any
time within the Temple itself. And the whole cast of the vision
suggests that it is an ideal picture, and not reality, with which we
have to do. Hence the number of these idolaters was seventy--the
successors of the seventy whom Moses led up to Sinai to see the God of
Israel! And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on
the walls in a hole in the dark. Their leader bears a name which might
have startled them in their apostasy, and choked their prayers in their
throats, for Jaazan-iah means the Lord hears.' Each man has a censer in
his hand--self-consecrated priests of self-chosen deities. Shrouded in
obscurity, they pleased themselves with the ancient lie, The Lord sees
not; He hath forsaken the earth.' And then, into that Sanhedrim of
apostates there comes, all unknown to them, the light of God's
presence; and the eye of the prophet marks their evil.
is carried away in imagination from his home amongst the exiles in the
East to the Temple of Jerusalem. There he sees in one dreadful series
representations of all the forms of idolatry to which the handful that
were left in the land were cleaving. There meets him on the threshold
of the court the image of jealousy,' the generalised expression for the
aggregate of idolatries which had stirred the anger of the divine
husband of the nation. Then he sees within the Temple three groups
representing the idolatries of three different lands. First, those with
whom my text is concerned, who, in some underground room, vaulted and
windowless, were bowing down before painted animal forms upon the
walls. Probably they were the representatives of Egyptian worship, for
the description of their temple might have been taken out of any book
of travels in Egypt in the present day. It is only an ideal picture
that is represented to Ezekiel, and not a real fact. It is not at all
probable that all these various forms of idolatry were found at any
time within the Temple itself. And the whole cast of the vision
suggests that it is an ideal picture, and not reality, with which we
have to do. Hence the number of these idolaters was seventy--the
successors of the seventy whom Moses led up to Sinai to see the God of
Israel! And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on
the walls in a hole in the dark. Their leader bears a name which might
have startled them in their apostasy, and choked their prayers in their
throats, for Jaazan-iah means the Lord hears.' Each man has a censer in
his hand--self-consecrated priests of self-chosen deities. Shrouded in
obscurity, they pleased themselves with the ancient lie, The Lord sees
not; He hath forsaken the earth.' And then, into that Sanhedrim of
apostates there comes, all unknown to them, the light of God's
presence; and the eye of the prophet marks their evil.
0.99
In Stock
5
1
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Ezekiel, Daniel and the Minor Prophets; and Matthew Chaps. I to VIII
eBook
$0.99
Related collections and offers
0.99
In Stock
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940011824159 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | New Century Books |
| Publication date: | 10/10/2010 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 608 KB |
From the B&N Reads Blog